Little Falls transcript., 1887-05-27
Cuba's Captain- General.

Cuba's Captain-General.
A haw words from Gen. Williams
passed us onward, and moment la.
ter We al stood m the great salon of
the house, says = correspondent of the
Cleveland l. eader, writing of a visit to
the captain-g eneral OF Cuba. Here,
while the senators were holding a pri-
vate audience with the captain gener-
al. took a look about me. Though
hot without, it waA' here as cool as
Claude Afelnotte's ideal palace,
through which blew the balmy breezes
OF the Lake of Como. The floor was
of marble, and the walls were so open
that the air had as free movement as
though out of doors. The roof was
upholstered and the big rafters were
painted. Around the big salon divans,
covered with linen and marked &c. c.
were seated, and here and there about
the room rocking chairs were grouped
together. Tropical flowers grew in
pots along the walls, and through an
open door-all the doors are open in
a Cuban house, saw another par
lor with great pyramid of tropical
plants in the center. At the side OF
this was the dining-room. also open,
and the whole seemed more Of 8 great,
COOL. pleasant play house for sunny
weather than the abode of the best
family in Cuba.
After a few moments waiting the
senators appeared accompanied by
the captain-general. The reception
was entirely informal, and his excel
lency had no badge OF Office except
red sash, which was wound around
his waist under his coat and fastened
at the center facing us with g. rosetUe
OF gold. The captain-general is nam
ed Emeliio Calleisas. He is man of
about fifty years Of age, slight in
build, and inclined. to stooping. He
does not weigh over l25 pounds, and
he wore business suit OF black di-
agonal, which would not be out of
place in the stock exchange at Wall
street. He has a dark, full lbearded,
pleasant face, with the curly, brown
ish- black whiskers we'll trimmed,
bright, black eye, and the manner OF
q cultured gentleman. He was intro.
duced to the members OF the party
and shook hands with ALL Then he
| brought in his daughter, a typical
Spanish girl, and one OF the most
beautiful women / have ever seen.
She was about 20 years OF age, had
rich, fair complexion, and her every
motion was grace. She was quite
accomplished, and spoke French
tluently and English fairly we'll.
Mrs. Gen. McCook, one OF the
french scholars OF the party, car
ried on quite a conversation with
| her and shortly after this the
young lady brought in her baby,
a little coffee colored tot OFFS months,
whose bright black eyes looked sober
! ~ from one senator to another, and
| finally seemed most pleased with Sen
| ator Palmer. Palmer took it from it's
mother during the visit and jumped it
up and down with all the skill of a
grandmother nurse. The baby laugh
ed at him, and it did not cry during
our whole visit. 1t was rather
smart baby for it's age and the ladies
! remarked that it was wearing short
! clothes at S months-rather sooner
than among the Americans It's feet
| we're dressed in little white kid shoes
| of the finest texture, and out OF the
tops of these, showing against it's fat.
olive-brown little legs, peeped silk
stockings OF a pale blue. The short
dress WAS OF white cambria, and the
mother herself wore a lawn such as
any American girl would think fit for
| every day working wear. The captain
general was evidently highly pleased
with the attention it received and he
! is, doubt not, as doting as most
grandfathers.
Then we went into the dining-room
and had lunch from china dishes on
which the crown royal OF Spain WAS
painted. While eating the captain.
general did not sit down, but stood
on the opposite side of the table from
Senator Sherman and chatted. The
baby and it's mother were at the table,
| and here Senator Palmer again dan
died the baby in such way that made
the other senator's eyes green: with envy.
Then the wine was poured out and the
captain-general, raising q glass OF
champagne, made g. happy toast to
the friendly relations of the two coun-
tries which were represented at the
table and to the guests, whom esaid
he was happy to entertain. This was
translated by Consul-General Will.
Jams and was drunk standing. Sena-
tor Sherman responded in similar
good wishes as to the two countries,
and i'll we]l-put words complimented
the host. Then the mother was toast
ed and then the baby was proposed,
| and the fact was added that, though
Spanish, it was born in New York.
The last was drunk with will, and a
little later the party bade good-by.
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